this artist's concept of a gas giant planet orbiting a red dwarf k star shows a planet has not been directly imaged, but its presence was detected in 2003 microlensing observations of a field star in our galaxy. - k dwarf star stock illustrationsThis artist's concept of a gas giant planet orbiting a red dwarf K star shows a planet has not been directly imaged, but its presence was detected in 2003 microlensing observations of a field star in our galaxy.